5.2.16

*** Sidewalk Weekend! ***

Sidewalk Rating: Trompable

In
the new conception, both ends of the corridor represent low energy
positions in the energy landscape. The natural tendency is for
pedestrians to fall into the nearest low energy state, which corresponds
to the far end of the corridor. However, on their walk through the
energy landscape, they pass close to the second minimum. A small amount
of noise is all that's needed to change which minimum they are headed
for. This was sufficient to fully replicate the statistics of single
pedestrian behavior.